NEWS
Relief or reform?
Governor’s property tax relief plan gutted by Senate GOP Last week we told you that the legislative perception of the Governor’s property tax relief proposal was that it “needs fixed,” in the Hoosier vernacular. After having their ears bent [...]
Death of DEI in higher ed
Senate bill would ban DEI-specific roles, audits, programming The buzzword of the month emerging in these first weeks of the session of the General Assembly appears to be “DEI.” You may recall we told you while previewing budget discussions [...]
Legislative week in review
Setting the chessboard for the months to come in transpo policy Editor's note: This story was published in the January 24, 2025 edition of Indiana Transportation Insight. Can you believe the first month of the 2025 legislative session is [...]
Sorting through the detritus
Your detailed look at what’s moving, what isn’t, and why Following a three-session moratorium on gaming legislation due to fears of the optics of considering such legislation in the midst of a stealthy federal grand jury investigation into the [...]
Tax relief dynamics
Lots of multi-level sub rosa drama over property tax cut issues Even as lawmakers work to (conditionally) extend individual income tax cuts through additional years, the big tax issue on the agenda is property tax relief. The state has [...]
Guv’s plan to avoid vetoes
New governor tells us how he intends to circumvent a need to veto We’ve been privileged to converse with each of Indiana’s last nine governors –everyone who has led the state in the past 50+ years to gain their [...]
The middle of the polar vortex
2025 off to an icy start, agencies makes up for Dec. snow response When people hear about impending severe weather in the Midwest, they may hesitate to take it seriously. Dramatic fluctuations in weather are common, and predictions can [...]
No more moratorium?
Your look at the next few months in the Hoosier gaming milieu We head into the 2025 legislative session with continued uncertainty on some key items and individuals. When we put this issue to bed on Thursday evening, there [...]
New year, new ed policy
Everything you need to know for the 2025 budget session Hoosier lawmakers enter 2025 with a full education policy agenda – and likely not a ton of new money to spend. We unpacked the situation expected for the next [...]
Your Braun Administration line-up card
Get your pencils and scorecards ready for this year’s starting line-up Governor-elect Mike Braun names the largest complement of state agency directors to date headed into Christmas, an intriguing mix of holdovers, former leaders and staffers, current and former [...]